Don Lemon pleads not guilty to charges for storming MN church

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges stemming from his presence at a January protest inside a St. Paul, Minnesota church that authorities say disrupted religious worship and targeted a pastor over alleged ties to federal immigration enforcement.

Lemon, 59, appeared in federal court Friday afternoon just after 12 p.m. local time. He was indicted alongside eight codefendants in connection with the Jan. 18 incident at Cities Church. Prosecutors allege the group entered the church during services as part of a coordinated demonstration against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the region, and Lemon was charged for joining in while documenting it as a freelance journalist.